powershellpowershell-2.0traceroute

Is there a PowerShell equivalent tracert that works in version 2?


I'm using PSVersion 2.0 and I was wondering is there a equivalent to the traceroute for it?

I'm aware that on PowerShell v4 there is Test-NetConnection cmdlet to do tracert but v2?! It can be done like:

Test-NetConnection "IPaddress/HOSTaname" -TraceRoute

Thanks


Solution

  • As mentioned in the comment, you can make your own "poor-mans-PowerShell-tracert" by parsing the output from tracert.exe:

    function Invoke-Tracert {
        param([string]$RemoteHost)
    
        tracert $RemoteHost |ForEach-Object{
            if($_.Trim() -match "Tracing route to .*") {
                Write-Host $_ -ForegroundColor Green
            } elseif ($_.Trim() -match "^\d{1,2}\s+") {
                $n,$a1,$a2,$a3,$target,$null = $_.Trim()-split"\s{2,}"
                $Properties = @{
                    Hop    = $n;
                    First  = $a1;
                    Second = $a2;
                    Third  = $a3;
                    Node   = $target
                }
                New-Object psobject -Property $Properties
            }
        }
    }
    

    By default, powershell formats objects with 5 or more properties in a list, but you can get a tracert-like output with Format-Table:

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